Congratulations to the 2022 NJCPA Scholarship Recipients

We are pleased to announce that the NJCPA Scholarship Fund awarded approximately $230,000 in scholarships in April to more than 55 New Jersey high school and college students. Out of more than 165 applications, 22 college-bound high school seniors were given a one-year award of $1,500 each, including six who received the Deloitte Minority High School Scholarship; 25 college students were awarded $6,500 each; eight were awarded a $2,000 Sophomore Award and two received $5,500 each for the NJCPA/American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) Minority Scholarships. Others received NJCPA/National Association of Black Accountants - Northern New Jersey Chapter Awards. The scholarships were based on academic performance, standardized test scores, essays and personal interviews.

Congratulations to this year’s scholarship recipients:

High School Awards ($1,500)

• Helena Billero, Howell High School
• Katrine Birkeland, Manalapan High School
• Daniel Branco, Montville Township School
• Molly Burns, Point Pleasant Borough High School
• Nicole Cieluch, Red Bank Regional High School
• Kayla Cornish, Old Bridge High School
• Melissa Domen, Upper Freehold Regional School District-Allentown High School
• David Flores, Old Bridge High School
• Derek Gerson, Fort Lee High School
• Jennifer Howarth, Wayne Valley High School
• Dev Joshi, Parsippany Hills High School
• Justin Newell, Kittatinny Region High School
• Nicholas Palmadesso, Middletwon High School North
• Lucia Pollaro, Wayne Hills High School
• Olivia Schlosky, Delran High School
• Irene Wong, Edison High School

Deloitte Foundation NJCPA Scholars ($1,500)

• Anthony Francis, Rahway High School
• Angelie Jean-Baptiste, West Orange High School
• Meka King, West Orange High School
• JanPaul Nolasco, New Brunswick High School
• Brandon Rodriguez Reyes, Rahway High School
• Marcelo Torres Chavez, West Orange High School

College Awards ($6,500)

• Mixhever Asani, Montclair State University
• Dan Bottglieri, Rowan University
• Sigal Khodara, Monmouth University
• Amanda Klein, Caldwell University
• Muskan Mantoo, Rutgers Business School - New Brunswick
• Lelani Nascimento, Kean University

In Name of Awards ($6,500)

• Bowman & Company, LLP - In Memory of Lisa Donahue
  Melissa Palladino, Rider University
• CohnReznick
  Jasmine Rawson, Rutgers Business School - New Brunswick
• EisnerAmper LLP
  Timothy Elefonte, Montclair State University
• Frazer, Evangelista & Company LLP
  Brian Petrovic, The College of New Jersey
• Frederick and Lenore Horn 
  Yaakov Kroll, Fairleigh Dickinson University - Lakewood
• Frederick and Lenore Horn 
  Shlomo Shain, Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus 
• Mazars USA LLP
  Johnathan Phan, Rowan University
• NJCPA Council of Past Presidents
  Courtney Napolitano, Ramapo College of New Jersey
• NJCPA Past President, Frank Boutillette
  Lavor Brown, Rutgers Business School - Newark
• NJCPA Past President, John F. Dailey Jr.
  Justin Barnhard, Fairleigh Dickinson University - Madison
• NJCPA Past President, John S. Lee 
  Michael Osinki, Rider University
• NJCPA Past President, Michael A. Polito 
  Emma Gaffney, Fairleigh Dickinson University - Madison
• NJCPA Past President, Z. Thaddeus Zawacki 
  Nicole Shubaderov, Seton Hall University
• PKF O'Connor Davies - In Memory of Stephen F. Mannuzza 
  Jenifer Mendieta, Kean University
• Smolin, Lupin & Co. P.A. 
  Celine Bhantana, Caldwell University 
• Untracht Early, LLC
  Theodore Vazacopoulos, Stevens Institute of Technology 
• WilkinGuttenplan - In Memory of Jules C. Frankel
  Jocelyn Shi, Rutgers Business School - New Brunswick 
• WithumSmith+Brown
  Milad Banisadeghian, Saint Peter's University 
• WithumSmith+Brown
  Jennifer Barrantes Perez, Rutgers Business School - New Brunswick

In Name of Sophomore Awards ($2,000)

• Deloitte
  Brenda Chavez Ramos, Rider University
• Deloitte
  Cristian De Los Santos, Rutgers University - Camden
• Holman, Frenia, Allison PC
  Erin Murphy, Seton Hall University

Sophomore Awards ($2,000)

• Renee Burns, Monmouth  University 
• David Monslave, Seton Hall University
• Ngocthy Nguyen, Rutgers Business School - New Brunswick
• Josephine Salluce, The College of New Jersey - School of Business
• Sarah Sarna, Rutgers Business School - New Brunswick

Minority Scholarships

• NJCPA/American Institute of CPAs ($5,500)
  Manuela Paula Alonso, Montclair State University
  Dania Espinal, The College of New Jersey 
• NJCPA/National Association of Black Accountants - Northern New Jersey Chapter ($5,500)